
ToxicologySeptember 17, 2021
Immigrants in U.S. Detention Exposed to Hazardous Disinfectants Every Day
The chemical concentrations exceed EPA limits, and new human studies suggest they could do long-term damage
Matthew Phelan is a journalist and former chemical engineer whose science reporting has appeared at Slate, Gizmodo, Reuters Health and the New York Review of Books. He is currently writing a book about the history of eco-fascism for W. W. Norton's Liveright imprint.

Immigrants in U.S. Detention Exposed to Hazardous Disinfectants Every Day
The chemical concentrations exceed EPA limits, and new human studies suggest they could do long-term damage